Kilchoman Alberta Exclusive Maderia Cask Finish
Bottled at 56.2% ABV, this is a wonderfully smoky, wine influenced whisky all the way through.
Nose: Smoky, nutty, robust wine notes of dark fruit and spice.
Palate: Heavy peat smoke with big sweet wine flavours.
Finish: Long, sweet and spicy, burnt wine barrel staves and wine-dipped cigars.
Rating: 9.0/10
Kilchoman Bourbon Cask KWM Exclusive Single Cask
This special dram is Kilchoman Bourbon cask. This stunning Islay whisky is a single cask bottled exclusively for KWM. It is a no age statement expression bottled at 56.8% ABV.
Nose: Sweet flint smoke, Oily sea salt brine, Hints of ripe tropical fruit in the background, Dusty Schoolhouse chalkboard shammy.
Palate: Smoldering peat smoke, burnt rubber tire on freshly rained on pavement, Salted caramels, Cedar shingles, Vanilla wafers, Dirty leather and Bandaids.
Finish: Persistently long, big smoke…seems never ending!
Rating: 8.9/10
Kilchoman Exclusive Single Cask PX Finished
Kilchoman Exclusive Single Cask PX Finished
5 year old Bottled at 56.8% ABV Bottle# 238/264
Colour: Honey Brown
Nose: Medicinal, Cherries and Peat Smoke
Palate: A peat fire charred- Black Forest Cake
Finish: A long exhale of a seductive, Cherry-dipped, Cigar
Mouth Feel: Mouth-coating and smooth
With Water Added
Nose: Peat Smoke, Citrus and dried fruit, Sweet toffee
Palate: Vanilla, Caramelized Dates, Sea Salt and more Peat smoke.
Finish: Long, Toasted s’mores with Vanilla and Orange Peel Zest.
Rating: 8.8/10
I will try and save some of this whisky to dabble in cigar pairings too.